Day: May 5, 2024

Beating non-communicable diseases to safeguard African children

Emeka Ahanonu and Ugo Alilionwu are from the same family. Following frequent hospital admissions in early childhood, they were later diagnosed with sickle cell disease.

Their family, living in a village in the eastern part of Nigeria, did as much as …

Fathers Day: Abuja cleric urges Christians to show love

Rev. Fr. Bernard Desben of the Missionary of St. Paul (MSP), has urged Christian faithful in Nigeria to put their love in action, just as Christ did to his church.

Desben gave the advice during his homily on Sunday at St. Luke Catholic Chaplaincy, Gw…

We’ll take Ijaw struggle beyond Nigeria – INC

The Ijaw National Congress (INC) says time has come to take the ‘Ijaw struggle’ beyond Nigeria.

The INC stated this position in a communique at the end of 2024 edition of the Ijaw National Day Celebration held in Yenagoa.

The News Agency of Nigeria(…

UniAbuja Strike: CONUA dissociates self, says action baseless

The Congress of University Academics (CONUA), University of Abuja Chapter, has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike by the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Chairman, CONUA, University of Abuja Chapter, P…

Only PhD students eligible to bring dependents to UK – Envoy

The UK says only international students coming in for their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) studies are eligible to bring in dependents to the country.

Dr Richard Montgomery, the British High Commissioner to Nigeria, made this known in an interview with t…